Diabetes drug cuts dementia risk significantly

drugsPHILADELPHIA: While prior research has indicated that older adults with diabetes are at an increased risk for dementia compared to non-diabetics, taking a commonly prescribed medication for diabetes may help to alleviate that risk.

Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Bonn examined Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The six hundred and eightieth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Texas-based Buckner Senior Living, a not-for-profit organisation that is part of Buckner International, recently revealed new renderings of its latest project: a high-rise continuing care retirement community Read More »

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Seminar explores co-housing communities

microphoneNEW YORK: To an aging boomer, “communal living” might conjure long-forgotten ideals from their hippie days: overcrowded homes with few boundaries and unsustainable social structures. But as the chief executive officer at one co-housing community notes, this trend — gaining traction across the nation — allows Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeDALLAS: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

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